Doorway control or gate for use in railway cars



. T. ELLIOTT.

DOORWAY CONTROL 0R GATE FOR .USE IN RAILWAY CARS. APPLICATION FILED MAR.21. 1921.

1,413,840. at ted Apr- 25,1922.

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ATTORNEYS T. ELLIOTT.

DOORWAY' CONTROL 0R GATE FOR USE IN RAILWAY CARS.

' APPLICATION FILED MAR.2I,1921.

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THOMAS ELLIOTT, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, AssIGNoa TO THE: CINCINNATI can COMPANY, or CINCINNATI, OHIO, A conroaa'rron or o rIo.

DOORWAY CONTROL on GATE r03, USE IN RAILWAY cans.

To (ZZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS ELLIOTT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cincinnati, in the county of Hamilton and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Doorway Controls or Gates for use in Railway Cars, of

' which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to improvements in doorway controls or gates for use in railway cars, such as cars used on city lines and interuban routes, these controls or gates being adjustable to permit the passengers to enter or to exit at a doorway remote from the one man or personoperating the car.

To these ends the invention consists, essentially, of uprights carrying brackets provided with arms or guards held in normal positionby spring devices which yield and permit the arms to swing open and. return to closed position or to swing in'- ward and'return to such position, and of an adjustable sleeve having stops for controlling the position of the arms, whether such as to permit passengers to pass out ward from the car or inward onto the car.

In the accompanying drawings; F 1g. 1 is an elevation of a portion of a railway car with my improved doorway controls or gates mounted therein; Y

2 is a partial side elevation and sectional view, on an'enlarged scale, showing e han sm in detail;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of what is shown in Fig. 2;

Fig. .4 is a plan elevation of the controls or gates when adjusted in position for entering the car;

Fig. 5 is a similar view showing the controls or gates adjusted for leaving the car.

-These gates or controls are located near the doorway of the car, say on the platform near the steps. This part of the platform is indicated at l in Fig. 1, with sockets 2 to receive the uprights 3, which are preferably in the form of tubes or pipes over which are fitted sleeves 4, with filling blocks 5 between the upright or post 3 and the sleeve, collars 6 secured by pins 7 or otherwise on the upright serving to sustain the sleeves.

On the uprights 3 I mount a series of arms 8 in the nature of bars of wood whose ends fit within brackets 9, as shown particularly in F ig. 2. "These bracketsy are mounted on the uprights 8 andhave lugs 10 through which extend springs ll, preferably in the nature of coiled springs,

which extend also through the upright 33 cated in each of the brackets which respectively carry the several arms 8. It will'beseen'that the arms may swing inward for the admission ;of passengers, as indicated in Fig. 4, or may swing outward-forthe exit of passengersas' illustrated in Fig. 5b

Stops for positioning the arms and for limiting their movements are provided and constructed after this wise. About each upright 3 is placed the long sleeve 4, be-

fore referred to, a and -which sleeve 1 is Specification of Letters Patent. PatentgdiApl. 25., 1922,

Application filed March 21, 1921. Serial No. 4540311 mounted on the upright; 3 in the manner 5 before described. As shown in Fig. the

sleeve is 'cut awayor open in that .part' through which the arms swing. -At .each side of the open's'pace'the sleeve "is provided with a rubber or other form of bumper 12 held in a holder-.13. The sleeves are adjustable to the position shown in Fig. 4, which will permit the arms to swing inward-for the entrance of. passengers, orto theposition shown in Fig. 5 which will permit the arms to swing outward for the exit of passengers. For so adjusting the sleeves they are provided with crank arms 14, as seen more clearly in Fig. 4. These crank arms are interconnected by a pitman 15, whilean actuating rod 16 is employed to enable the motorman or man in charge of the car to adjust the arms'l4 and therefore the sleeves 4 to either the position shown in Fig. 4, in which the arms will open inward for the entrance of passengers," or

to the position shown in Fig. 5, in which the It will now be understood that with my improved doorway controls or gates I can permit the passengers to enter the car, as when the arms are in the position shown in Fig. i, by merely pushing the arms apart as they pass in, or I can permit them to leave the car, as when the arms are in the position shown in Fig. 5, likewise by merely pressing the arms apart. 7 s

It will. be seen that my improved controls or gates operate equally well for the admission of passengers, as for their exit, and thatthey also likewise operate to prevent the exit and entrance of passengers until the proper adjustment has been made to that end.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to se cure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combinatiom'with a car doorway,

of a doorwayeontrol comprising members andstops therefor, the members being adapted to swing apart as passengers pass in one direction, and to oppose the entrance of passengers in the other direction, and mechanism to adjust said control members to po- SlillOllS CO permit passengers to exit or enter. 2. The combinatlon, with a car doorway,

of uprights adjacent said doorway, a series.

of arms mounted on said uprights and adapted to be adjusted to exit position or entrance position, and sleeves adapted to be adjusted to exitposition or entrance position and to permit the outward movement of the arms in the one and the I inward movement of the arms inthe other position.

3. The combination, with a cardoorway,

of uprights each carrying a series of brackets spring devices for holding the brackets in adjustedpositions but permitting themto yield, arms carried by the brackets, a sleeve partially encircling eaehupright and hav- 5 ing stops and adapted to be adjusted to perniit the arms to open outwardly or inwardly. 4. The comb1nat1on,-with a car doorway, of an upright approximately at each side thereof, a series of brackets mounted on each r upright, springs to permit the brackets and arms to swing to and from closed position, and a sleeve for each upright adjustable to move the arms to exit position or entrance position and toy permit the arms to swing open and return when adjusted to either position. i i, r

5. T he combination, with a cardoorway, of an up *ightat either side thereof, a series of brackets mounted on each upright, an arm carried by each bracket, spring, devices for pern'iitting each bracket and its arm to si'vin. for opening and closing the'doorway; a seete partially encircling each upright and having bumpers for each-bracket .to limit the swing thereof, and means to adjust the sleeves and thereby the brackets to entrance or exit position.- 1

The combination, with anupright and a bracket mounted thereon, springs to permit the bracket to swing to and from a given "on, an arm carried by the bracket, a '0 partially encircling the upright and hav ng to as ,or biin'ipers between which the bracket may swing, the sleeve being adjustable to set the arm to e'ntrance or to exit position and to permit it to operate in either position.

1rd means interconnecting them, of an up- 1; within earh sleeve, each u'prig'ht'cararms adapted to swing outward or inward according to the adjustment of the sleeves, and spring devices toreturn the arms to normal position'when swung therefrom.

a. The eombination, with-a pair-of sleeves each having an arm, and a pitman interconi'iecting them to adjust the sleeves to ditfen ent positions, of uprights within the sleeves,- brarlcets on; the uprights,-.an arm carried by each bra'cket,-a1id spring devices to permit the arms tov swing apart and return, the sleeves being adjustableto present the arms to as it position or entrance position.

In testin'iony whereof, I affix my signature;

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